Petru Florescu

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Petru Florescu
Nationality Flag of Romania.svg Romanian
Born (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 24)
Bucharest, Romania
Euroformula Open Championship career
Debut season 2016
Current team Fortec Motorsports
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number19
Former teams Campos Racing
Teo Martín Motorsport
Starts26
Wins0
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish10th in 2017
Previous series
2016
201516
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
MSA Formula

Petru Gabriel Florescu (born 4 January 1999 in Bucharest) is a Romanian racing driver.

Contents

Career

Petru made his karting debut in 2007, aged 8. In 2015, he made his debut in the UK-based MSA Formula series, from Carlin, finishing sixth in his second season. [1] [2] In December 2016, Petru was listed among the drivers partaking in GP3 post-season testing with Campos Racing. [3] The following month, Campos signed him to their Euroformula Open division. [4] A month later, Florescu was signed to Douglas Motorsport for the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship. [5]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2015 MSA Formula Championship Carlin 3000009911th
2016 F4 British Championship Carlin 3056682606th
Euroformula Open Championship Teo Martín Motorsport 40000025th
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 20000023rd
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 AVF 40000021st
2017 Euroformula Open Championship Campos Racing 600004510th
Fortec Motorsports 100000
Spanish Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 20000507th
Fortec Motorsports 40000
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Douglas Motorsport300002223rd
FIA Formula 3 European Championship Motopark 60000023rd
2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Fortec Motorsports 150000024th
Euroformula Open Championship 401002113th
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 401001311th
2019 Euroformula Open Championship Drivex School 20000026th
Toyota Racing Series MTEC Motorsport1400009816th

Motorsports career results

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2017 Motopark Volkswagen SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MNZ
3
PAU
1
PAU
2
PAU
3
HUN
1
HUN
2
HUN
3
NOR
1
NOR
2
NOR
3
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
NÜR
1

18
NÜR
2

20
NÜR
3

17
RBR
1

17
RBR
2

18
RBR
3

13
HOC
1
HOC
2
HOC
3
23rd0
2018 Fortec Motorsports Mercedes PAU
1
PAU
2
PAU
3
HUN
1

21
HUN
2

22
HUN
3

19
NOR
1

21
NOR
2

19
NOR
3

14
ZAN
1

24
ZAN
2

19
ZAN
3

21
SPA
1

15
SPA
2

Ret
SPA
3

19
SIL
1

20
SIL
2

20
SIL
3

21
MIS
1

WD
MIS
2

WD
MIS
3

WD
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NÜR
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
HOC
1
HOC
2
HOC
3
24th0

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2019 MTEC Motorsport HIG
1

12
HIG
2

10
HIG
3

Ret
TER
1

Ret
TER
2

C
TER
3

C
HMP
1

6
HMP
2

10
HMP
3

13
HMP
4

13
TAU
1

10
TAU
2

11
TAU
3

Ret
TAU
4

11
MAN
1

8
MAN
2

Ret
MAN
3

DNS
16th98

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References

  1. Florescu merge în Formula 4, topgear.ro, 5 January 2015, Retrieved 2015-12-09
  2. "Florescu completes Carlin's MSA Formula Race Line-Up". Carlin. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  3. "F3 and Formula Renault frontrunners headline GP3 test entry list". 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  4. "Campos Racing confirms strong trio for Euroformula Open". 11 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  5. "British F4 race winner Petru Florescu joins Douglas Motorsport for 2017 British F3". 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.